Chapter 136: Red Card for a Monthly Pass](1/2)
June 17, 2001.
Two hundred and fifty kilometers southeast of Madrid, the Carlos Bimondi Stadium in Albacette, the last round of the Spanish Second Division is being held in full swing.
The home team Albacete was once a strong team that cannot be ignored in La Liga in the early 1990s, but after being relegated in 1996, he never returned to La Liga. After several coach changes, he poached Julian Rubio, who had excellent coaching performance in the second team from Sevilla in 1998, and increased his investment for three consecutive seasons.
Albacete was also disappointed when he failed to return to La Liga this season, and head coach Rubio also confirmed the get out of class to be dismissed early.
But even so, Rubio still set up a full lineup at Carlos Bimondi Stadium, vowing to defend his and his team's dignity in the last round of the league.
On May 41st, defensive counterattack, this is Albacete's usual tactic when encountering a strong team this season.
After winning the King's Cup, the visiting team Atletico Madrid won two consecutive games, with a strong morale. In order to win the championship, it is inevitable to win the final round.
Gao Han did not become conservative because of his away game at all, and he had a strong offensive tactic from the beginning.
For dignity, the other side is for the championship, and the two sides are in a difficult position to separate from the beginning.
It was not until the 22nd minute of the game that Atletico Madrid received a straight pass from Ugo Leal, and scored the first-time goal, breaking the deadlock for the Bedding Army.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Albacete did not dare to be careless, and Atletico Madrid still firmly controlled the situation on the field.
In the 78th minute, Ugo Leyal assisted Xavi Alonso, and used a long shot to penetrate Albacete's goal again, rewriting the score to 2-0.
After that, both sides began to slow down and the game completely entered garbage time.
As soon as ninety minutes arrived, referee Munoz blew the whistle to the end of the game.
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When the whistle sounded, all the players on the court became excited.
They rushed out of the court one by one, rushed to the sidelines, and surrounded head coach Gao Han.
"Boss, how did Sevilla's game turn out?"
"Yes, what's the score?"
"Lost? Or win?"
"Does Tenerife compete?"
"Boss, tell us quickly!"
Although Atletico Madrid won the ball, if you want to win the championship, you have to look at the game between Sevilla and Tenerife, so the Atletico Madrid players are so concerned.
However, Gao Han shook his head, "I don't know yet."
"Don't know yet?"
"What does it mean, boss?"
"Yes, what the hell is going on?"
Gao Han raised his hand and signaled them not to be anxious.
"It's still zero to zero, and there are more than four minutes left."
Although the last round of the game time is held at the same time, due to the difference in stoppage time, the end of the game will be slightly delayed.
But when he heard this news, the heart of Atletico Madrid couldn't help but raise his voice again.
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When Atletico Madrid defeated Albacete, the focus of the city stadium in Valencia also blew the whistle to the end of the game.
The scoreboard on the city court shows the final score of the game, three to two.
International practice: the home team is in front and the away team is in the back.
This means that the home team Levante defeated the visiting team Real Betis.
On the court, Real Betis players wearing green jerseys all sat on the grass. Some looked like they had been exhausted, their eyes were empty and unconscious, while others were lying on the grass, crying bitterly.
They lost!
This loss means that even if Tenerife lost in the game far away in Sevilla, the Canary Islands team can still beat Real Betis with the advantage of two rounds and win third in the league.
I persisted for a year and went through countless hard and bloody battles, but in the end, the result was... failure!
This made Real Betis players unacceptable no matter what!
What made them feel even more unacceptable was that they personally ruined this hope!
Real Betis' interim coach Louis Del Saul stood alone and helplessly on the sidelines, watching the scene that was happening in the stadium in disbelief, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
If the opening tactics were not so radical, perhaps Levante would not have relied on defensive counterattack in the first half and scored three goals in a row, and it would not have been possible for his team to fail to turn the situation around after a crazy counterattack.
This is a devil's home court that has caused headaches for countless teams in the Spanish Second Division. Why did he get a bad mind before the game and actually want to rely on strong attacks to capture them?
This white-haired former Spanish international player, who is over 60 years old, had to lower his proud head at this moment and accept it helplessly that he could no longer keep up with the tragedy of the times.
In March, former coach Fernando Vosquez was fired by the management after losing streak to Atletico Madrid and Tenerife in a row. Del Sol took over the team in chaos and embarked on the most gamble in his coaching career.
As a result, this time, he not only lost himself, but also lost all of Real Betis' efforts for a season.
At this moment, he really wanted to walk onto the court and comfort his players.
But will they accept my kindness?
And the club officials sitting in the stands, what should they think now?
Complaints? Angry? Shifting responsibility?
Or are you thinking about whether you should sell the players in exchange for a reconstruction fund and make a comeback in the new season?
But, then I shouldn't have anything to do with it?
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Sevilla, Pisjuan Stadium.
Raphael Benitez felt that the tie on his chest was so tight that he couldn't breathe, and he had to untie a little, but he still felt depressed.
It's eighty-seven minutes, and the scores between the two sides are still zero to zero.
But I had just received the news that Real Betis rushed to catch up and chased two goals in one breath. With Real Betis' strength, it is not completely impossible to chase two more goals in the last moment.
Everything is likely to happen on the football field.
Therefore, the result of zero to zero does not guarantee Tenerife's advancement, so he still has to think about it.
In the second half, he made targeted changes in the situation on the court each time, but Sevilla's Caparos was not a fuel-saving lamp, and he quickly adjusted.
Just now, he replaced Mista and Simutenkov in one breath, just to further strengthen the team's offense.
Now it depends on whether these two substitutions will work.
"God bless!" Benitez prayed.
At this moment, a crisp whistle suddenly came from the stadium, and then the entire Pisjuan Stadium was in an uproar.
The fans in the stands were booing, booing wildly.
"What's going on?" Benitez turned around and looked over.
"Red card! Red card!" the assistant hissed from the side.
The Spanish coach saw it and the referee Reinales held a shocking red card on his right hand.
In front of him, Sevilla's defender Ector was defending his innocence, but the referee undoubtedly pointed to Mista who was lying on the ground, and signaled Ector's foul action to see clearly.
"Oh my God, it's the 88th minute, and it's the 89th minute soon. Give us a red card?"
The entire court was booing and protesting against the referee's actions, but to no avail.
From the referee's extremely firm eyes and the slow-motion replay on the court, we can clearly see that ACTO did have a very obvious foul action, and there is no doubt that he got a yellow card.
But he already had a yellow card in the first half, and two yellows turned into one red, and he was directly sent out by a red card.
Seeing ACTO walk out of the court with his head hanging down, and cursing indignantly, Benitez was excited.
"Occurrence! Attack me! Press me up!"
Benitez, who was slightly fat, was so excited that he was so excited that he wanted to rush to the court himself and have a big fight.
Tenerife won a very good opportunity to set the ball in the frontcourt, with Russian player Simutenkov taking the penalty, and almost all the highs in the team rushed into Sevilla's penalty area.
"Settings, okay, we have practiced the key points before the game. Don't hurry, take your time, follow what we practiced before the game."
Benitez muttered to himself nervously on the sidelines.
On the court, Simutenkov seemed to think so, constantly gagging at his teammates in the penalty area.
He slowly retreated and waited until the other party set up a wall of people before he was ready to fight.
Caparos is ready for substitution, and central defender Michel will replace center forward Sarayeta.
Michelle is a tall central defender with good frontal defense, but this time the substitution has to wait until this free kick is passed before it can be performed.
"One last chance!" Benitez breathed nervously.
To be continued...